part of my motivation (archive)

was that both of the m3s I have built had burnt up motor...one was due to oil starvation leading to a spun bearing and the other was due to skipped time leading to bent valves, a hole in the block and a beaten cylinder head. So my options where to rebuild a motor, replace it with another prone s14 or go with a six. Rebuilding is expensive and labor intensive, a tired s14 leaves me not much better off and also expensive...the six is not nearly as expensive, reliable, available and perfect for the street. If only true motorsport lovers where the only people to purchase and provide upkeep on these cars that would be one thing...however they where often bought by the uper end BMW customer who did not appriciate the attention this car needs to survive...hence what happened to both of mine(purchased with blown motors). Just the way I feel. Chris

stolen your car his heart.
It's no more a real E30 M3.
And i think you have no chance againts a "tuned"
S14 M3 on a racetrack.
That's my opinion-sorry

Markus

I'll be happy to run either one of my six cylinder e30 m3s against your's any day...they are more drivable with smooth power all the way through the rpm range. I think the s14 is a really fantastic motor, but the late six is perfect for the street. Race teams over there are snatching up quite a few of the e30s and have the backing to pay a premium...just the way it goes.

No, dont buy his because he`s dumped an S50 into it. S14`s all the way :) (back me up someone). OKay I`m parlty joking but dont understand why someone would do such a conversion only to sell the car after butchering it.

Actually, prices in Germany a year ago were quite low but yes to get it up to US spec would cost $$$$$$. From what Ive been told DECENT M3`s in Germany for sale are hard to find now so prices might be on the way up over there (just guessing here).
A local specialist who used to mainly deal with E30 M3`s (importing them from Germany) are dealing more and more with E36 M3s now

I think that would find that e30 m3s are going for a premium across the pond...not to mention paying silly money to have the thing pass DOT here. You should just buy mine :) Chris

Has anyone thought about buying an e30 m3 in Germany and shipping it to north america? I'm sure you would find some good deals on m3's there. Just wondering

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